Somebody apparently stumbled on the old rumor, so they reposted it and everyone else reposted it without actually reading the original rumor.
I think the short answer is: We don't have an alternative.
Other than Netflix.
Now, we don't KNOW that, do we? ;-)Tobar said:
He also strangely accused Threepio of slacking off by taking an oil bath when the Falcon isn't equipped for that.
Daren Dochterman says he has all of the TMPDE files, it's just a matter of finishing HD models and releasing. And permission. And money, of course.SilverWook said:
I wonder if he knows what happened to the TMP files?
I used to chat on IRC with a Foundation employee many years ago. (I can't recall their "real" name now.) They did share personal photos of when the TMP Enterprise miniature was uncrated for the animators to study. The poor gal was not only dirty and dusty, there were bug droppings!
I blame the Klingons. ;)
Robert Myer Burnett has pretty much said that CBS isn't very willing to do it because not enough people bought TNG-R. They also didn't do anything to promote it recently and priced the sets way out of most people's price range.
Bkev is 100% correct. Amazon has TNG-R, TOS-R, and TOS original. Pretty nifty.bkev said:
Netflix has the old masters and they are really, really interlaced. It looks fine on a TV but for some reason on my laptop they look atrocious. As for DS9, it looks fine, but I can't wait for the remasters.
I think Amazon has the exclusive streaming rights to the TNG remasters.
Due to delays in SFX or the network shuffling episodes around, the first season is more disjointed than it should be. It's not as bad as Firefly, but it's helpful to not have episodes with a character, then be introduced to him.timdiggerm said:
Why?
SilverWook said:
And you should be watching production order, not broadcast order.
Really can see the empty hanger they filmed it in front of now:
http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/Star-Wars-Harrison-Ford-Carrie-Fisher-Luke-Hamill-space-38-years-filming-Cardington-Sheds/story-21725256-detail/story.html
Looks like the rock is there to cover the VW Bus!
The time has come for you to start getting the bands back together:
Rock Band is back, baby!
They're working on making the instruments and all the tracks compatible, as long as you stuck with the same company's console this generation.
I'm so excited you guys.
Name recognition. They can attach any medieval script to the title and call it "Settlers of Catan" and people will watch it. SEE ALSO: "I, Robot".
Also, there's a novel already, there might be an existing universe there.
Yes.timdiggerm said:
Is that 2016 then?
When he first appeared, I shouted into my empty living room "RALPH BROWN!"TK-949 said:
HOLY FUCK THAT WAS RIC OLIE?!?!
I didn't recognize him. But now that you say it...
Trying to forget it... need to... focus!
I loved Carter. Any show where Ric Olie turns out to be the Big Bad is OK in my book. ;-)
Love the visuals! Great work!
I will, however, point out that you should try to keep the original aspect ratio of 2.39:1. I'm sure you'll matte to it on the final cut.
Vader #2 came out yesterday. Random mission, not sure how it ties into the plot of this limited run series, but it's entertaining at least.
captainsolo said:
I avoided Kingsman because I knew I'd get far too annoyed with the overall crass tone, overabundance of CGI and the fact that the "homage" basically crapped on the great elements of many classics, such as The Avengers. Some of these elements were what I hated in First Class despite it being one of the strongest X-Men films.
The Last Five Years
Interesting concept for a musical, it takes the titular last 5 years of a relationship with each scene/song taking place at a different point in the relationship. The couple takes turns singing, her songs start at the end of the relationship and work backwards to the beginning while his songs go the opposite way, timelines meeting in the middle for the wedding. Unless you've read the description, there's no real set up for that, so going in blind is confusing for the first several songs.
As for the quality, watching it on my iPad on an airplane sharing earbuds with Mrs. O'Five probably wasn't the ideal conditions, but I enjoyed it overall. The music is good, the cinematography is not. I get the feeling most of the songs were done in a handful of takes, so there's a lot of long shots and the camera or the singers sometimes get lost or you can tell the cameraperson is running after them.
Anyway, if you like musicals, you could do worse.
Kingsman: The Secret Service
I feel like a fuddy-duddy, but I didn't get much enjoyment out of this movie at all. I like the Colin Firth mentoring a streetwise kid on how to be a gentleman spy stuff, but then it would dip into dark places that would make Craig Bond wince, then go into over-the-top stuff that Austin Powers never dreamed of. I read that Vaughn wanted to redefine the spy movie like Spielberg redefined the serial adventures of his youth with Raiders, but he really missed with it. And its not like the serial adventures were still going strong in the 80's with a hundred better takes on it already out like we have with spy movies.
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We're talking about a movie where a bunch of rich people's heads explode in brightly colored smoke in time with the music being immediately followed by a mother trying to break into her bathroom with a meat cleaver to murder her toddler. It's an insane whiplash.
My biggest issue was the final test for these gentlemen spies-in-training. They were given a dog at the beginning of training and told to take care of it. Every lesson we see is about building teamwork between the students. The final test is they're given a gun and told to shoot their dog. Of course, our hero doesn't do it. So he fails.
Sure, the guns had blanks, but it still holds that refusing to shoot the dog you were told to take care of is a failure in this gentleman spy organization. What kind of lesson is that? Where would he have learned that in the training? The last time I saw an organization that gave you a dog and forced you to kill it was HYDRA, and they're the bad guys.
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Anyway, I didn't like the movie, thought it failed to do anything it set out to do. And this one I saw at an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema while drinking with a bunch of people who did seem to be enjoying it, so it wasn't the environment.
Jupiter Ascending
My wife and I went to another Alamo Drafthouse to see this to wash the dirt off from Kingsman. We were both pleasantly surprised. After hearing about it and how most people I know who saw it enjoyed it, I took it upon myself to not abandon it as I did John Carter and Edge of Tomorrow, movies I was sure I would have liked but didn't see in theaters which I ended up enjoying a lot and feeling bad for waiting for Blu-ray.
I found it intriguing and engrossing. I want to see more of the world the Wachowskis created for this, unfortunately due to what seems to be WB losing all faith in it last summer and delaying it till winter (you can't tell me they delayed it 9 months to finish the effects and couldn't have waited an additional 3 to keep it a summer movie) and then not promoting it properly, the franchise is dead already. I love me some comic book movies, but I also love me some original IP. It's a shame this isn't getting more love. Because I love it.
THIS JUST IN: writers can sometimes write more than one genre, especially when the cowriter is also known for other genres.
Film in 2016
It's a fan edit / fun project. It doesn't need to be future proof.
It's a fan edit / fun project. It doesn't need to be future proof.
Seems like you're my target audience for my Revisited ReVHSed project.
The original effects shots are in HD on the Blu-Ray. They had access to the original film masters. That's what was broadcast. That's as good as they can look because they didn't have the original elements to peice back together like they did for the recent TNG Blu's. The CG effects were added because CBS figured that they couldn't get anyone to show the re-runs without some kind of catch. The original versions are still out there and preserved.
Amazon Prime has the original versions.
I love that buying an AMT model kit is technically "screen-accurate"!